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Jorian Charlton's latest exhibition "Between Us" is now at the Mississauga Art Gallery. Mississauga-based photographer Jorian Charlton has debuted her latest exhibition, "Between Us," at the Mississauga Art Gallery. The exhibition showcases ten pieces of photography, mostly featuring women and young girls, and explores contemporary modes of Black representation through personal experiences and community themes. Charlton, who is of Jamaican-Canadian descent, uses her photography to capture the beauty and strength of her subjects while evoking a sense of connection and intrigue with the viewer. "Regardless of the shoot, I aim to capture my subjects in a timeless way that gives the model a sense of strength," says Charlton. "A big part of my work is of friends and family and the community, of course." artist and her son in front of her wall size portrait (right) The exhibition includes a variety of photographs taken in non-studio environments, s...

Baboolal has kiddies carnival costume photography show complete with a live mini-parade photo by  Baboolal Will the stuffy old Rosedale neighbourhood ever be the same? On March 10 there will be a small Carnival costume parade where Mas has never gone before … out front the Rosedale United Church. All this month the Rosedale Church on Roxborough Drive (one of the most prestigious streets in the city) is displaying the photographs of carnival photographer Jenny Baboolal, in a show she calls Art of the Mas. The photographs are of children in Mas costumes taking part in Trinidad’s Junior Carnival. In an online newsletter the Church explains the show to its parishoners. “The children ( pictured in Baboolal’s colour photographs) wear their carnival costumes with pride and dance to the music in the company of family and friends.”   “The exhibit allows the viewer to get a close-up look at the masqueraders and the intricacies and splendour of their costumes, so that contemplation ...

Opening Saturday at North Toronto’s Meridian Arts Centre Eddie Grant photo of PM Manley Way back in the 70s and 80s a quintet of Caribbean Canadian photojournalists were literarily the Ears, Eyes and Voice of Toronto’s many hard-hitting community newspapers!  Press photographs taken by Jules Elder, Eddie Grant, Diane Liverpool, Al Peabody and Jim Russell are on display beginning Saturday at the Meridian Arts Centre in North Toronto as part of Black History Month celebrations in the city. This free exhibition, presented by TO Live, brings together important historic works by the five “shooters”. Their combined collection of photographs is a rare pictorial record of newspaper stories that covered the evolving history of the community. Ears, Eyes, Voice bring back both good and bad memories from the streets of Toronto. There are pictures of reggae star Peter Tosh at the O’Keefe Centre; Caribana as a giant Blocko on University Avenue, and a large Africa Li...